Bayou Pastures
A black-and-white spotted dual-purpose cow standing in pasture, the herd grazing behind her

Bayou Pastures  ·  Baskin, Louisiana

Pastured beef, pork, and eggs. Coming soon.

Same farm as Happy Lines. Different table. Pastured meat raised on grass and harvested close to home.

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Bayou Pastures Well Kept.  ·  Pastured beef, pork, and eggs from Baskin, Louisiana.

A long line of cattle moving across pasture in the morning

Our story

Same grass. Different cut.

Bayou Pastures is the meat side of Delta Dairy in Baskin, Louisiana. Beef raised on the same pasture as the dairy herd. Pork from a pasture-and-shade rotation a few hundred feet away. Eggs from chickens that follow the cows.

About 1,200 acres of pasture in Baskin. Fenced, watered, and rotated on pasture. Ted and Melissa Miller and their four kids run it together. They've been at it since 2009.

We want to provide a local, nutrient-dense protein product derived from healthy grassland. Ted Miller

No stickers we can't back up. Simply a healthy product from healthy soil.

The stand

What the case will hold.

Three things at first. We'll add slowly, only if it's something we can stand behind.

01

Beef. The herd you can see.

Simply lean, healthy beef that the family asks for. Same herd grazing the same pasture as the dairy cows. Processed at a small plant by qualified butchers.

02

Pork. Pasture and shade.

Hogs raised in rotation, with shade and grass and a little local feed.

03

Eggs. By the dozen.

From the chickens that follow the cows around the rotation. Brown shells, deep yolks, the way pasture eggs look.

From the pasture

A family farm. Delta grass.
Animals on it every day.

A long line of cattle walking through pasture in the dust of mid-morning
The line moves daily. The grass gets a rest.
A mobile chicken coop trailer in the middle of a wide green pasture under cloudy skies
A mobile coop. The flock moves with the pasture.
Brown laying hens milling around inside the mobile coop
The hens. Pasture-raised, not backyard-bound.
A hog in a grass paddock with a portable fence wire
The hogs follow the cattle around the rotation.
Beef cattle grazing on green pasture under a center-pivot irrigation arm at sunrise
The herd at first light.

Watch the build

The case is going in. Follow along.

The store is rising on the same ground as the herd. We'll post photos and updates as it comes together. Sign up below to hear from the farm direct.

Cattle up close wearing Halter virtual fencing collars

Build entry · The herd

Same herd. Same pasture.

The cattle that go to the meat case are the same ones grazing this ground every day. We move them on a line drawn by the collars. They take what they need and they leave a rest behind them.

From the pasture in Baskin

Cattle in a misty green pasture

Build entry · The plan

Beef first. Pork close behind. Eggs when the chickens are right.

Beef and pork at the case when we open. Eggs as soon as the layers come into lay. All from this pasture, ready for your table.

Coming this season

Cattle silhouetted at sunset

Build entry · Coming

Farm tours and open days are coming.

Walk the pasture. See the hogs in their rotation. Watch the cattle move to fresh ground. We'll share the details when they're firm. Sign up below and we'll let you know when the doors are open.

More to come

Retailers, restaurants, and chefs

Carry our beef, pork, or eggs? Let's talk.

If you serve local food and think Bayou Pastures might be a fit on your menu or shelf, drop us a note. Tell us about your business and how Bayou Pastures could help you bring joy to your customers. We'll write you back.

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One letter a week. Where the herd is. What's getting built. When the case opens. We'll tell you when the first orders are ready and we'll tell you straight.

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